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28. Statira amoena. 



?. Statira amoena, Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. vii, p. 152 (1862). 



Very elongate, narrow, shining ; piceous or nigro-piceous, paler 

 beneath, the apical antenna! joint usually ferruginous, the elytra 

 translucent green, aeneous, or aeneo-cupreous, the latter with 

 scattered, long, bristly hairs. Head rather small, almost smooth, 

 the eyes Y&cy large and subapproximate in ^, more distant in $; 

 antennae long, slender, joint 10 subtriangular and 11 about equalling 

 6-10 united in o, 11 as long as 8-10 in $. Prothorax oblongo- 

 cordate, closely, minutely punctulate, the basal margin very promi- 

 nent. Elytra long, subparallel in their basal half, finely punctato- 

 striate, the interstices flat, 3 with about eight or nine and 5 with six 

 or seven setigerous impressions scattered between the base and apex, 

 and 9 with two or three similar impressions near the tip, the spaces 

 between them longitudinally raised or tuberculate on the apical 

 declivity. ^. Anterior femora thickened, glabrous ; intermediate and 

 posterior femora gradually widened to near the apex, and hollowed 

 thence to the tip; posterior tibiae closely pilose along their outer 

 half within. 



Length 10-12, breadth 2^-3 mm. (<^$.) 



Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro {Fry). 



The above description is taken from four males and two 

 females captured by Fry. It is one of several extremely 

 closely allied Brazilian forms, the females of which are 

 scarcely distinguishable inter se, though the males possess 

 marked specific characters in the structure of the legs, etc. 

 Maklin's description of S. a7)ioena must have been taken 

 from a $, and it would apply almost equally well to the 

 same sex of S. arcuatipes, Pic. 



29. Statira micans. 



Statyra morbillosa, Dej. Cat., 3rd edit., p. 236 (1837). 

 (^. Statira micans, Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. vii, p. 153 

 (1862). 



Extremely like S. amoena, Makl. (as here identified), but with 

 several setigerous impressions on the seventh elytral interstice (alto- 

 gether wanting in S. amoena), 3, 5, 7, and 9 tubercula to -catenate 

 towards the apex; the head longitudinally grooved or impressed 

 between the eyes, the latter not so large in ^ ; the eleventh antennal 

 joint of (J nearly equalling 6-10 united ; the legs variable in colour, 

 simple in (J ; the aedeagus narrow, acuminate, the sheath straight, 

 truncate at tip. 



